[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 120 (Friday, June 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28628-28629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13135]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-43-2017]


Foreign-Trade Zone 57--Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; 
Application for Production Authority; Gildan Yarns, LLC (Cotton and 
Cotton/Polyester Yarns); Salisbury, North Carolina

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) 
Board by the Charlotte Regional Partnership, Inc., grantee of FTZ 57, 
requesting export-only production authority on behalf of Gildan Yarns, 
LLC (Gildan), located in Salisbury, North Carolina. The application 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.23) was docketed on June 16, 2017.
    The Gildan facility (400 employees, 104 acres) is located within 
Site 19 of FTZ 57. The facility is used to produce spun cotton and 
cotton/polyester yarns for export. Production under FTZ procedures 
could exempt Gildan from customs duty payments on the foreign component 
used in export production. The sole foreign-origin material 
(representing 10% of the value of the finished product) to be used in 
the export production is polyester staple fiber (duty rate 4.3%). 
Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign-
status production equipment. The request indicates that the savings 
from FTZ procedures would help improve the plant's international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 
of the FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the 
facts and information presented in the application and case record and 
to report findings and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is August 22, 2017. 
Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during

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the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day 
period to September 6, 2017.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: June 19, 2017.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-13135 Filed 6-22-17; 8:45 am]
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